Foot-pad for machine-treadles



(No Model.)

L. MGKEOGH.

FOOT PAD FOR MACHINE "JSREADLESl No. 345,248. Patented Jly 6, 1886.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT @Trient LIZZIE MCKEOGH, OFPITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

vFOOT'PAD FOR MACHINE-TREADLES.

QETECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 345,248, dated July 6, 1886.

Application filcdil'fehruarv 10, '1886.v Serial No. 191.507. (No model.)

To all whom, i6 may concern:

Be it known that I, LIZZIE MCKEOGH, of Pittsburg, (South Side) in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Foot-Pads forv lVIachinc-Treadles; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in foot-pads for treadles of machines, the objects being to providea pad that will be a non-eon ductor of cold from the metal treadle below, and a means of securing the same; and with these ends in view my invention consists in one or more pieces of non-conducting material secured together, having a hook and spring secured thereto for attachment to the treadle, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective View of my improved foot-pad as attached tothe treadle ofa sewing-machine. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of the wire spring used in securing the pad at the rear of the treadle. Fig. 8 is an enlarged perspective view of a flat hook detached from the pad and used for attaching the front of the same to the t-readle.

To put my invention into practice I provide a piece of cork or other non-conducting mateand bent in such a manner as to form spiral springs i and project a short distance under the pad A. The hook e, secured to the pad A, when placed in position at. the front ofthe treadle c, and the wire springfforced in place at the rear, secures the pad A to the t-readle c and in position for use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

As a new article of manufacture, a foot-pad for attachment to treadles, said pad being made of cork or any suitable material, and provided at the front with a dat hook and at the rear with a spring-hook, as a means of attaching and detachingit from the trcadle of a machine, substantially as described.

LlZZlE MGKEOGH.

Vitnesses:

M. E. HARRIsoN, C. D. HERPsT, H. T. MORRIS. 

